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RMP Highlights and Expanding Partnerships

Melissa Foley

New faces

Dr. Liz Miller Toxicologist

Dr. Melissa Foley Ecologist

Bay RMP Annual Meeting | October 10, 2019

2019 RMP highlights


Pathways and RMP special studies

Municipal wastewater

Stormwater

Industrial wastewater

Dredging & disposal

Emerging contaminants

PCBs

Sources, Pathways, &

Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Microplastics

Nutrients




PCBs


Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Microplastics

Nutrients


Microplastics highlights


PCBs


Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Microplastics

Nutrients

Microplastics abundant in SF Bay MPs

Pollution Pathways

Wastewater (BACWA)

Stormwater (BASMAA)

Bay Monitoring

Water

Sediment

Fish

Transport Model


Fate depends on buoyancy MPs

Floating particles

Count/km2

10M

10


Fate depends on buoyancy MPs

Floating particles

Count/km2

10M

10

Sinking particles

Many outlets for this research MPs


Emerging contaminants highlights


Microplastics

PCBs


Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Nutrients

Elevating the status of CECs High Concern

moderate or high impact

Moderate Concern

low impact

Low Concern

limited impact

Possible Concern

uncertainty as to impact

None currently

PFOS, PFOA, Long-Chain Carboxylates Alkylphenols, Alkylphenol Ethoxylates

Fipronil, Imidacloprid, Bisphenols Organophosphate Esters, Microplastics

PBDEs and HBCD Pharmaceuticals, Pyrethroids*

Personal Care & Cleaning PBDDs / PBDFs

Alternative Flame Retardants Other PFAS (Fluorinated Chemicals)

Pesticides, Plastic Additives Siloxanes, SDPAs, UV-BZTs, others

CECs

Microplastics a growing concern

EU taking a precautionary approach

CECs

• Widely detected • Production is increasing • Fragmentation ongoing • Very persistent • Extremely difficult to clean up • Impacts on aquatic species uncertain



Microplastics

Nutrients


PCBs


Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Bay cruises will continue!

- chlorophyll - salinity - temperature - light attenuation - suspended particles - phytoplankton - nutrients - toxins, harmful algae

Nut

Continuous data in South Bay Nut

High-frequency observations

- Dissolved oxygen - Chlorophyll - Suspended sediment - Salinity - Temperature



PCBs

Microplastics



Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Nutrients

Passive PCB sampling PCBs

water

sediment

Characterizing Steinberger Slough PCBs



Sediment

Microplastics


PCBs


Loadings

Selenium

Nutrients


Sediment dynamics in the Bay

Sed


Coordinating to fill the gaps

BCDC

Bay RMP

Healthy Waters Resilient Baylands

Wetland RMP

Sed



Selenium

Microplastics


PCBs


Loadings

Sediment

Nutrients

North Bay selenium monitoring

• Continuation of USGS sampling • Coordinated clam and water sampling • Sturgeon muscle plug collection with CDFW

tagging efforts

Apr May May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Dec Jan Feb Mar

Plug Collection Spawning

Apr Sept Oct Mar

Apr May May Jun Jul Aug Sept Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Jun Jul Aug Dec Jan Feb Oct

Nov

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Loadings

Microplastics


PCBs

Sediment

Selenium

Nutrients

Watershed modeling SPL

Meteorology

Water diversion

Topography

Land use

hydrology

sediment

pollutants of concern

Workgroup collaboration

Watershed model

CECs

PCBs Sediment

SPL

SPL

Nutrient Management

Strategy

Resilient Landscapes




PCBs


Loadings

Sediment

Selenium

Microplastics

Nutrients

Status and Trends

Many more studies…

Partnerships are key to the RMP

RMP

Data needs

Management decisions

Novel methods

Sound science

Sample collection

Information sharing

Sample analysis

Data visualization

Partnerships are key to the RMP

RMP

Dischargers

Regulatory agencies

NGOs

Regional programs

Academia Dredgers

Non-regulatory agencies Laboratories

Expanding our partnerships

Circulation change

Sea level rise

Hydrology change

Temperature increase

Ocean acidification

Habitat change

Climate change

RMP


Adaptation AND clean water?

SLR, storms, and water quality

Sea level rise + Increased storminess Possible inundation of industrial areas

SLR, storms, and water quality

Evolving work and partnerships

Dischargers

Regulatory agencies

NGOs

Regional programs

Academia Dredgers

Non-regulatory agencies Laboratories

RMP

It takes a village… SFEI: Ruth Askevold Michaela Bazo Shira Bezalel Nina Buzby Warner Chabot Jay Davis Anna De Lopez Scott Dusterhoff Amy Franz Alicia Gilbreath Letitia Grenier Cristina Grosso Steve Hagerty Tony Hale Matt Heberger Jen Hunt Biruk Imagnu Erika King Diana Lin Jeremy Lowe Lester McKee Katie McKnight Liz Miller Ellen Plane Amy Richey Derek Roberts April Robinson John Ross Linda Russio Meg Sedlak Dave Senn Ila Shimabuku Rebecca Sutton Randy Turner Don Yee Steering Committee: John Coleman Maureen Dunn Eric Dunlavey Leah Godsey Walker Tom Mumley Karin North Adam Olivieri Tawny Tran Robert Wilson

Tech. Review Cmte: Shannon Alford Reid Bogert Bonnie de Berry Bridgette DeShields Ross Duggan Samantha Engelage Mary Lou Esparza Xavier Fernandez Tom Hall Anne Hansen Richard Looker Ryan Mayfield Jim Mazza Heather Peterson Lisa Sabin Shelah Sweatt Yuyun Shang Chris Sommers Luisa Valiela Ian Wren Simret Yigzaw Science Advisors: Bill Arnold Marcus Beck Brian Bergamaschi Jane Caffrey Dan Cain Jim Cloern Anna-Marie Cook Miriam Diamond Lee Ferguson Jim Fitzpatrick Frank Gobas Jim Hagy Larry Harding Jim Hobbs Tom Jobes Tamara Kraus Kara Lavender Law Levi Lewis Barbara Mahler Kelly Moran Derek Muir Rebecca Murphy Harry Ohlendorf Chelsea Rochman

Dave Schoellhamer Heather Stapleton Martha Sutula Perry de Valpine Dan Wang Pat Wiberg Workgroups: Lisa Austin Barbara Baginska Simona Balin Aaron Bever Scott Bodensteiner Dale Bowyer Peter Carroll Yeo-Myoung Cho Beth Christian Scott Coffin Joe Dillon Nate Dodder Maureen Downing-Kunz Teresa Fregoso Brenda Goeden Josh Gravenmier Roxeanne Grillo Dave Halsing Fred Hetzel Eunha Hoh Bruce Jaffe Andy Jahn Bill Johnson Jessie Lacy Daniel Livsey Sam Luoma Michael MacWilliams Peter Mangarella Margaret Monahan Jan O’Hara Lucile Paquette Brian Ross Jim Scanlin Robert Schlipf Jennifer Siu Robin Stewart Jennifer Teerlink Christina Toms Paul Work Scott Wright

Partners: Todd Albertson David Bell Autumn Bonnema Carolynn Box Sean Campbell Da Chen Stephen Clark Anna Cummins Pete Dal Ferro Lorien Fono Richard Grace Melinda Kelly Natalie Lynch Jenny McKee Dan Powers Paul Salop Marco Sigala Chris Vallee Linda Wanczyk Steve Weisberg David Williams Charles Wong Holly Wyer Labs: Applied Lab Solutions Brooks Analytical CalTest Eurofins MLML MPSL Pacific EcoRisk SGS-AXYS UC Davis Funders: City of Benicia City of Burlingame City of Calistoga Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Central Marin Sanitation Agency Delta Diablo East Bay Dischargers Authority East Bay Municipal Utility District Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary

District City of Millbrae Mountain View Sanitary District Napa Sanitation District Novato Sanitation District City of Palo Alto City of Petaluma City of Pinole/Hercules Rodeo Sanitary District San Francisco International Airport City and County of San Francisco City of San Jose City of San Mateo Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin City of South San Francisco/San Bruno Sonoma County Water Agency Silicon Valley Clean Water City of Sunnyvale City of St. Helena Marin County Sanitary District #5, Tiburon Union Sanitary District Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District West County Wastewater District Town of Yountville U.S. Navy, Treasure Island C&H Sugar Company Chevron Products Company Crockett Cogeneration Eco Services Operations Corporation Phillips 66 Company Shell Martinez Refinery Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery USS-POSCO Industries Valero Refining Company Alameda County Clean Water Program California Department of Transportation City and County of San Francisco Contra Costa Clean Water

Program Fairfield-Suisun Urban Runoff Management Program Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program Vallejo Sanitation & Flood Control District Belvedere Cove Access Channel Benicia Port Terminal Company Pier 95 Chevron Richmond Long Wharf City of Benicia Marina Glen Cove Marina Marina Dredge Neighbors Phillips 66 Company Rodeo Terminal Port of Oakland Port of Redwood City Port of San Francisco San Francisco Yacht Club U.S. Coast Guard Environmental Division Vallejo Yacht Club

[email protected] www.sfei.org/sf-bay-regional-monitoring-program

Elevating the status of CECs High Concern

moderate or high impact

Moderate Concern

low impact

Low Concern

limited impact

Possible Concern

uncertainty as to impact

CECs

Bay levels above observed effects

Uncertainty Insufficient data

Bay levels above protective thresholds

Bay levels below protective thresholds

Imidacloprid in Lower South Bay CECs


Bisphenol A and S in the Bay

BPA BPS

CECs


Concentrations above thresholds

Dissolved

ParticulateBPA PNEC

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Conc

entr

atio

n (n

g/L)

Total BPA (91% detect)

99% dissolved

Total BPS (41% detect)

BPA

17% dissolved

BPS

CECs

Concentrations above thresholds

BPA PNEC

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Conc

entr

atio

n (n

g/L)

Total BPA (91% detect)

Total BPS (41% detect)

CECs

OPE – TDCPP Bisphenols

PNEC Conc

entra

tion

(ng/

L)


Outgrowth of RMP CEC work

• Statewide CEC Synthesis • Urban Pesticides Coordinated Monitoring

Program

CECs


Additional nutrient-related work Nut

Nutrient Management Strategy • Nutrient cycling modeling • Biogeochemistry • Dissolved oxygen • Trends analysis • Assessment framework

Correlating old and new methods

1-5 6 7 8 9 10

30 -

60 c

m

1

2

3

4

5

2 cm -> ~10 years 30 cm -> ~150 years

Sediment core Passive sampler

PCBs

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